Archived Homepage For September 4, 2021

Archived Homepage For September 04, 2021

Interesting Reads

Alan Abrahamson: "Almost every single facet of Houlihan’s defense was — is — absurd", says it's "time for Shelby Houlihan to come clean"
*MB: Alan Abrahamson writes column RIPPING Shelby H and all the journalists who have defended her & asks her to come clean
Philip Barker: The stolen IAAF Presidential election of 1981 A fascinating read on how Primo Nebiolo got into power with some help from adidas head Horst Dassler.
Fred Kerley: "I know I have got the potential to break the 400m record." Does this mean he's moving back to the 400? It sounds like he wants to be the greatest 100-200-400 tripler ever.
Even though he failed to make 400 final in Tokyo, WR holder Wayde van Niekerk is optimistic for 2022 "I don’t think I am that far off from where I need to be and it is not much of a worry for me.”
TFN editor Gary Hill watched the Olympics on tv at home for the 1st time since 1968

This Weekend's Action

2021 NCAA XC Season Is Underway! You can check out the pre-season rankings here. The big result of the weekend came in California where the LRC intern Karl Winter racked up his first win since hs.
*MB: Black page? LRC intern Karl Winter starts his season with a bang, picks up his first xc win since
*Pre-Season Rankings
Sunday's meet in Poland is loaded with SAFP, Barega, El Bakkali, De Grasse, etc
*MB: Sunday in Silesia: Barega vs El Bakkali - Olympic 10k champ vs Olympic steeple champ - at 3k. Who you got?
Pocket-rocket Fraser-Pryce will race for 1st time since 10.60 on Sunday in Poland
Shericka Jackson pulls out of Poland meet

On The Boards

More Sprint News

TFN updates it's best women's 100 times ever - adjusted for wind and altitude Thompson-Herah has put up marks #2 and #3 this year.
Usain Bolt's World XI team beat England 3-0 at Soccer Aid 2021 A bunch of big names were in this one including Wayne Rooney, Roberto Carlos, etc.
MB: Justin Gatlin is running the last race of his career in Italy (Gala' dei Castelli) on 14 of September
TFN updates it all-time 100/200/400 combined rankings Fred Kerley moves up to #5.

Brussels DL - 2021 Memorial van Damme

LRC 2021 Brussels DL Recap: DSD Athletes Francine Niyonsaba & Christine Mboma Earn Big Wins & Sifan Hassan Scares the Mile World Record

Sifan Hassan gave the mile WR a scare and Brussels entertained but the big storyline was 40% of the women's running events were won by intersex athletes.

One on One With Paul Chelimo

LRC Paul Chelimo Speaks: On His Pre-Tokyo Medal Guarantee, Almost Coming to Blows With Nicholas Kimeli, and the LetsRun Messageboard

Chelimo was the only American distance runner to medal at the 2016 and 2020 Olympics. He's got a lot more to say than just his medal guarantee.

Paralympic News Of Note

MB: Mikey Brannigan pulls a Prefontaine, boldly goes for gold, fades to 4th in 2020 Paralympic 1500

Double amputee Hunter Woodhall (48.61) earns 400m bronze at Paralympics German Johannes Floors just missed his own WR in 45.85. Woodhall ran 46.22 at Arkansas.

Tokyo Paralympics will deploy staff of thousands to tell spectators to stay off marathon course A total of of 4,500 people will be used to make sure marathons are held safely including 1,600 people on course to tell spectators to not watch

Interesting Reads

New 24 hr WR holder Aleksandr Sorokin says he didn't start running until age 32 as used to drink and smoke 'a lot' & admits he loves the Alphaflys He also credited junk food for his epic run. "I will often eat a lot of chips, chocolate, cookies, candy and drink Coca-Cola during races.” *Video interview with Sorokin after his WR
Sore muscles? It might be your diet
Good coaching article The Body doesn't know miles or pace, it knows stress Coach David Roche says a burgeoning area of training science theorizes that the less stressed a runner is, the more positively he or she may adapt to training stimuli" and urges you to run often without looking at your watch.
Ridiculous Some in Jamaica are calling for a boycott of Nike because they are running ads with Sha'Carri Richardson and not Elaine Thompson-Herah Memo to the Jamaicans, the ads were on US television.
Irish great Sonia O’Sullivan writes about the differences or similarities between the Diamond League now and the IAAF Grand Prix of the 1990s "Not a lot has changed since I first competed on the circuit, as we called it back in the 1990s."
The Telegraph does a lengthy profile on Markus Rehm: "The 'Blade Jumper' who is beating Olympians but not allowed to compete with them"
Germany's 'Blade Jumper' Markus Rehm gets gold (8.18) but no world record (8.62) at Tokyo Paralympics
Q&A with Lovisa Lindh - the Swede who qualified for Tokyo but was screwed over by the federation and left at home They didn't think teh 1:58 runner was likely to finish top 8. Meanwhile 16 of the 21 Swedes didn't finish top 8.

11 Weeks Later - It Finally Comes Out

LRC Five Thoughts on the Shelby Houlihan CAS Decision: Why She Was Banned, Why Her Explanation Was Rejected, And Where Does She Go From Here?

Having had a day to digest the 40+ page ruling, Jonathan Gault shares his thoughts on why the American record holder at 1500 and 5000 was banned from the sport. *Guardian *AW *BBC *Daily Mail *Full CAS Decision
*MB: Full Shelby Houlihan Report is Out from CAS.

Shelby Houlihan goes on Mike Jay's Trackguy USA podcast

Additional Brussels News

The Latests LRC Exclusives

LRC WTW: Ultramarathoning's greatest world record gets broken as does the women's half marathon record and what's next for Centro?

In this week's weekly recap, Rojo takes a deeper look at some super impressive world record runs that happened last week, wonders what's next for Matthew Centrowitz, and takes a deep dive into the current state of the men's 800 as well as the re-emergence of Francine Niyonsaba.

LRC Q&A With Legendary Ultramarathoner Yiannis Kouros: "I Don’t Believe in Long Runs and I Am Against Doing Them"

We interviewed the legendary Yiannis Kouros before his legendary 24-hour world record that had stood for nearly 24 years was broken. Hear how he doesn't believe in training year-round or in doing long runs.

Ethiopian Distance News

Two-Time Boston Marathon Champion And World Champ Lelisa Desisa Returning For The 2021 Boston Marathon This October He and 2:05:56 marathoner Kelkile Gezahegn were added to the field.
Double Olympic Gold Medalist Derartu Tulu Says Ethiopian Doping Problems Are Caused By Athletes Chasing "Quick Money" The 1992 and 2000 10,000m Olympic champ said that, "[This] is why you see some athlete doing well for a short time before disappearing after few years."
Athletics Weekly: Ethiopian Anguish At The Tokyo Olympics Ethiopia failed to win a women's title at the Olympics for the first time since 1988 and only took four medals total.

Track History

DyeStat: Eliud Kipchoge Has Company In The GOAT Debate - The Case For Frank Shorter Marc Bloom makes the case for why Shorter could be the marathon GOAT and concludes, "In an idealized race between Shorter and Kipchoge at their best, in today’s conditions, and with today’s shoes, I believe we would see a stride-for-stride duel and, who knows, maybe a real time that would threaten 2 hours."
Liz McColgan's Looks Back At Her Greatest Race When She Won 10,000m Gold At The 1991 Tokyo World Championships This was after coming back from having her daughter (and current Olympian), Eilish, the year before.
Athletics Weekly: GB Relay Legends Look Back At Their 4x400m Gold At The 1991 Tokyo World Champs It was the first time the US had been beaten in a world or Olympic men’s 4x400m final since the 1952 Helsinki Games.
Czech Olympic Committee "Very Proud" After Release Of Film Covering Life Of Distance Running Legend Emil Zatopek Zatopek made Olympic history by winning the 5000, 10,000 and marathon at the 1952 Helsinki Games.

Other Distance Stuff

Eliud Kipchoge Says We Can't Move Forward Without Embracing Technology "If we don't embrace technology then we are not moving... That's the only way to think and actually try to improve your performance."
Alex Masai, Brother Of Moses And Linet, Joins HOKA NAZ Elite He is part of quite the running family as his sister Maggie is a 2:22:16 marathoner who is married to New Zealand's Jake Roberston.
AW: Laura Muir, Elliot Giiles And Keely Hodgkinson Ranked Second In Latest World Rankings AW briefly questions how good World Athletics' rankings are though, suggesting that WA "hasn't quite got their priorities straight."

More Recent Results

USA's Marvin Bracy Runs 9.98 To Win 100m In Rovereto, Italy 3000m wins went to Serbia's Elzan Bibic (7:39.45) and Russia's Svetlana Aplachkina (8:39.95). Michael Cherry won the 400m in 44.55 while Shelby McEwen got an upset win in the HJ Over co-Olympic champ Gianmarco Tamberi (2.28m to 2.25m).
*Kenya's Mary Moraa Warms Up For DL Debut With 2:00.40 800m Win In Rovereto Romanian Catalin Tecuceanu won the men's 800m in 1:45.19 over Brits Elliot Giles (1:45.58) and Jake Wightman (1:46.00).
AW Weekly Round-Up: Olympic 800m Silver Medalist Keely Hodgkinson Runs 52.61 400m PB At Lowkey UK Meet Charlotte Arter runs 15:29 Welsh record to win Cardiff 5k; Alfie Manthorpe won the men's race in 14:15.
Zach Ornelas (50:53) And Sydney Devore (58:45) Win Crim 10 Mile Road Race In Michigan
Japanese 90+ Relay Team Breaks Two World Masters Records 1:43.69 in the 4x100 (broke the previous record by about 40 seconds) and 9:46.36 in the 4x400 (broke the previous record by about 2:45).

Sprint Stuff

World Athletics: Shelly-Ann Fraer-Pryce And Elaine Thompson-Herah - From "Champs" To Champions Today they're fighting for WRs and Olympic medals, but at one point their ultimate goal was to win at the Jamaican National Boys’ and Girls’ Schools Athletics Championships (aka Champs).
Jamaican Olympian Nesta Carter Retires At 35-Years-Old Carter says he's been struggling with an injury since March and was prescribed medication that "breaches existing anti-doping rules" so had to choose "between [his] health and athletics." Carter leaves the sport with a 9.78 100m PB (#8 all-time) and a 4x100m gold from London 2012.
T&F News: All-Time Men’s 100/200/400 Combined Scoring Usain Bolt tops the list followed by Michael Johnson, Michael Norman and Wayde van Niekerk.
T&F News: Greatest Women's 100/200/400 Combo Sprinters Shaunae Miller-Uibo is 4th on the list, but the first without any controversy surrounding them.

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